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GEMS: Securing Serena Williams as an Investor with Nude Barre founder Erin Carpenter

Season 1, Ep. 717

Hello and welcome back to the show - it’s Doone here - your host and Hype Girl.


In these twice-weekly episodes, we will be digging back into our archives to find little value-packing gems from previous episodes.


In this gem of an episode, Nude Barre founder Erin Carpenter shares the incredible story of how tennis legend Serena Williams became an investor in her brand.


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